Imaginando Colapso v1.0.1 is an additive synthesizer for Windows whose harmonic content is measured.
Select an element, and its emission lines become overtones of the note you play.
Colapso is a sonic interpretation of the uncertainty principle. Sound can be precise in time or precise in pitch, but never both, and a single parameter called Observation decides which. Anything you do not measure, you hear blurrily.
Gabor Limit as a Regulator
The uncertainty principle states that we cannot know both the position and motion of an electron precisely at the same time. The more accurately we know one, the less we know the other.
Sound works in exactly the same way. To hear a pitch, we need time. If we begin to shorten this time interval, the sound ceases to be continuous and turns into a sequence of instants. It collapses into a pulse. Between these two extremes lies an entire sonic realm, and that is where Colapso resides.
Low Frequency Generators and Envelopes You Draw
There are four LFOs and four envelope generators, each representing a shape you draw rather than select. Click to add a node, drag it, and bend the line between the two. Then drag the source to any control with a plus sign next to it.
The Low Frequency Oscillator can be triggered by sine, triangle, sawtooth, square, or sample and hold patterns and moves in any direction you choose. Quantize reads it step by step like a sequencer. Smooth rounds it out, and it can run freely, sync to tempo, retrigger on every note, or trigger once.
The envelope is built similarly, encompassing attack, decay, sustain, and release stages. Transform the attack into a build-up, add a second rise into the decay, and shape the tail. Each stage lasts from 1 ms to 8 seconds, and the speed is scalable as desired.
LFOs, envelopes, and aftertouch work separately for each voice, so the notes of a chord can move in their own direction.
Key Features
Up to 8 voices with polyphony, monophony, and unison, plus detune, glissando, and legato
3 oscillators per voice, each with up to 16 overtones
22 elements for building each oscillator, plus a second element for converting them into oscillators
9 filter chains per voice including SVF, ladder, comb, and formant filters with drive and key tracking
4 drawable envelopes with attack, decay, and release from 1 ms to 8 seconds
4 LFOs that can be drawn or triggered from presets, with rates from 0.01 to 40 Hz or tempo-synced
LFO modes including quantize, fade, one-shot, and key-start
2 insert effects in series, in any order, from 8 types
1 send fed from each oscillator with chorus, phaser, delay, or reverb
Glue compressor on the main bus
MIDI learn, host sync, MIDI clock, or Ableton Link
Standalone, VSTi, VSTi3 formats for Windows
Format and Compatibility
Formats: Standalone, VSTi, VSTi3 for Windows.
Compatible with major DAWs including Ableton Live, FL Studio, Cubase, Studio One, Reaper, and Bitwig.
File Size: 73.1 MB
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